Fluid Attacks Database

Description

PHPMailer Shell command injection PHPMailer before 1.7.4, when configured to use sendmail, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via shell metacharacters in the SendmailSend function in class.phpmailer.php.

Impact

Shell command injection, remotely exploitable if host application does not filter user data appropriately.

Patches

Fixed in 1.7.4

Workarounds

Filter and validate user-supplied data before putting in the into the Sender property.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3215

For more information

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Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Component	Affected version	Patched versions
packagist	phpmailer/phpmailer	>=0 <1.7.4	1.7.4
debian 13	wordpress	>=0 <2.2.1-1	2.2.1-1
debian 12	libphp-phpmailer	>=0 <1.73-4	1.73-4
debian 13	libphp-phpmailer	>=0 <1.73-4	1.73-4
debian 12	wordpress	>=0 <2.2.1-1	2.2.1-1
debian 14	wordpress	>=0 <2.2.1-1	2.2.1-1
debian 14	libphp-phpmailer	>=0 <1.73-4	1.73-4

Aliases

1. CVE-2007-32152. NVD-2007-32153. OSV-2007-32154. OSV-DEBIAN-2007-32155. GHSA-6h78-85v2-mmch6. GCVE-2007-32157. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2007-3215

References

1. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/security/advisories/GHSA-6h78-85v2-mmch2. https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-20070600633. https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/348184. https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Oct/2235. https://sourceforge.net/p/phpmailer/bugs/1926. https://web.archive.org/web/20070714054359/http://larholm.com/2007/06/11/phpmailer-0day-remote-execution7. https://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/%5BvTiger_5.2.1%5D_rce

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